News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-11

l. state cOLors Of North Carolina: p Black
flag (CdpbDed al WiRcheSte1): s. Alabama
rag: T. STATE and regiment uaInOtrn cap
tt1ed az Gettysburg by the 60th ". \. Vols J.
structed. Starting with the system of regular
squares employed in Philadelphia and the up
per portion of New York city Thomas Jeffer-
n wanted this) the enthusiastic French
man superimposed upon them sixteen mag
nifcent avenues, radiating from the Capitol
as a common centre.
This arrangement has made it possible to
utilize every natural advantage in the build
ing of both public and private structures, As
Iecent writer on architecture has said: 1T
may be doubted if any other city exhibits so
large number of inexpensive houses in which
there is evident a serious and ntelligent search
for truer forms and determination to Danish
vulgar ornament, fiimsily stuck on, and pain
full to eve eye that studiOusly contemplatcs
it. This is accounted for by the presence Of
thousands of government employees. living
upon salaries from which tlcy-caR save little
each year by proper economy, and who are,
generally speaking, persons of fair education
and considerable refinement. The new Wash
ington is a wildly red town. Il is somewhat
difficult to account for tn almost invariablc
choice Of deep red bricks for domestic build
ing; but it Is for winter warm and cheerful
color, and in summer it is a pleasing back
ground for trees heavy with foliage and for
green lawns dotted with flowers. The capital
lacinG their branches over many streets, and
giving glimpses only of the brick walls
through green framed and foliagcd windows
and vistas.''
Among the many places of interest TO be
visited here 1t is not easy to select a subject
that shall prove acceptable to all readers; but
we VIII assume that orr to-IrIst has plenty of
time al mis- disposal IN Win IA TO visit the more
important public hvild5ugs-the Capitol.
White House, Treasury new State building,
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tute Botanical Gardens, etc. and We will take
look TO-DAY at the War Department and the
Army Medical Museum.
As an error in Judgment upon the part of
Acknowledgement Drum and President Cleve-
land has aroused public interest in the flags
captured from the Confederate forces during
the war. let US see these tattered trophies of
Lost Cause" The Rebel flags taken in bat
tie, and in surrender, and the Union flags,
captured from the Confedcrates, now occupy
rooms in the war department. and are all I'M
der the supervision of the Adjutant- General
A polite orderly is IN waiting with record
book, which gives the name and history of
every flag in the building. The front room is
devoted to the Union cOlOrs, the back room
Is filled with Confederate flags. Here is the
first Confederate flag adOptetl-thirtcen stars
on a blue field, with white and red bars. It's
motto, we viii collect our own revenues. We
choose our own Institutions"
The colOrs of the Beniluiin Infantry. organ
iZal April p. 1851, bear the inscriptions,
Grown for the Brave" Strike for Your Al
ters and your Firc9."
An Alabama flag. of white bunting with
cross-bars Of blue. Is inscribed: ''Our Homes.
our Rights We entrust to your keeping, brave
Sons of Alabama"
..Sjc Sempe,' Tyrannis," says tattered
banner Of fine silk presented by the ladies of
Norfolk to the y. L. A. Blues Again SAYS
Virginia. "Our Rights We will maintain"
death to Invaders covered with Blood
lot, 70
and again: Tyranny Is hateful to the Gods"
The black flag, borne at Winchester. with its
yellow stripe and fendiSh sentence: mo
Quarter, must not b. omitted from the list
but space will not allow further enumeration.
Here they rest, torn and blool-stained.
quarter of a century has passed since they
iutteTed above the marching hosts or caught
the dying soldiers glance on many a hard
fought field. Yet these silken fragments,
faded and mCth-eaten stir the heart strangely
to-day, and awaken painful memories of that
dark hour, when the nations life became the
wager of the battle
The building i'll which Abraham Lincoln
was asSas>inated viii always retain an interest
for the American people. 1t could not have
been put to better than that of a reposi-
tory for the pathological and surgical results
Of the war
In obedience to an order from the War De
parsmeut, issued in 1862, thousands of patho-
logical specimens had accumulated III the Of
nee Oh inc SufSeOn-6tnCFll Al ample and
hit receptacle was needed fer their proper care
and display; and April Il. 1861 1.-TWO Years
from the date of the formation of the asSocia-
tion,) the Old Ford Theatre was opened as the
Army Medical Museum. Congress purchased
the building of Mr.. Ford it was made fire
proof, and is now devoted exclusively TO the
uses Of the mus UNI.
1t enjoys the distinction of being one of the
most interesting. but least visited of all the
national institutions in Washington. The
II st specimen that confronts you on entering
the building, is 4 withered human arm, with
contracted hand and cenched fingers The
ragged shaft of the humcr Is protrades where
1t was shot off, near the shoulder Joint The
skin looks like tanned leather, and every mus
Gle is defined. The story told of this arm is
that it was CARR d away by cannon-shot at
GettvsLlrg and lnAued in tho lln.anrhc. of n